now a question . . . I have a Firestone 2018 Sucaba. I have never had it before. Do I, drink it now, or store it?
they taste really good fresh (bourbon more up-front, a little more alcohol heat), and taste really really good with some age (bourbon fades a bit, becomes a little sweeter, more dark fruit notes). so depends what you prefer, how patient you are, how many you have on hand, etc. the ideal-yet-corny answer is "both" - drink one now, and age some too.
i distinctly remember a few years back, when we used to have boardee bottle share parties, brennser brought two sucabas that were 5+ years old and they melted my face. when i moved, i cleared out my beer collection by 90% cause i didn't want to move that many bottles. sucaba was one of the few left standing, along with cantillon, 3F, and a few others.
You stop buying Firestone as it's overpriced, mediocre, and they make donations to Drumpf.
FW is damn expensive, but they are one of the brands that will get me to pay that price. i've tried plenty of barrel-aged beers and FW remains the standard-bearer for me. FW's BBA'ed beers are one of the few "classics" that i haven't grown tired of. also, that
consistency.
yada, what are you go-to BBA'ed beers?
